The Nile was ancient Egypt’s highway. Here is how a cruise between Luxor and Aswan links its greatest temples – Karnak, Edfu, Kom Ombo, Philae and more – and how to choose the right one.Read More
The city of the living and the city of the dead: how ancient Thebes was organised, what to see on Luxor’s East and West Banks, and how to plan your time.Read More
Forget gold for a moment. These five artefacts – from tiny wooden bakeries to a register of workers’ absences – show how ordinary Egyptians worked, ate, learned and relaxed.Read More
More than gold: what Howard Carter’s discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922 – and a century of research since – has revealed about the boy king, his family and the world he lived in.Read More
Why the Egyptians preserved their dead, how embalmers actually did it, and what a 26th Dynasty embalming workshop at Saqqara has revealed about the ingredients and the trade behind mummification.Read More
